Overview

• Officers executed arrest and search warrants in Guarulhos and nearby cities, seizing cash, a motorcycle and two luxury vehicles.
• The probe began in June after about 160 kg of cocaine were intercepted in three parcels inside the airport's restricted area.
• Surveillance footage, access records and internal movement logs helped identify suspects, including a terminal employee.
• On Oct. 15, agents detained a man posing as cleaning staff with 17 kg of cocaine hidden in a trash cart's false bottom.
• A Peruvian passenger was arrested after roughly 2 kg of cocaine were found in false compartments of his suitcase following his return to Brazil from Milan.